DONT get into airline flying. You'd be amazed, a 6 month regional FO complain about the same things as a 20 year mainline CA. Don't get me wrong, I still think this is the best job you can have, exciting, you meet many people. Not the same as your 9-5 job with the same coworkers for the next decade. However, it's such a selfish profession and it's just bad for family and personal life. I think most of us put up with the BS because it's all worth it when you close the doors and get ready to blast off into the sky in you CRJ or 747, but the reality is that you can pretty much get the same satisfaction by flying a 172, you don't need to be an airline pilot.